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Curated OER

Science: Trouble in the Troposphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research a NASA Website and record information about an assigned city's tropospheric ozone residual monthly climate. In groups, they graph the information for the past year. They form new groups and compare their city's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linkages Between Surface Temperature And Tropospheric Ozone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize and analyze data regarding changes in tropospheric ozone and then hypothesize about the consequences of these changes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Posters and People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create and design posters reflecting the types of litter harmful to aquatic wildlife. They explain the dangers of fishing line to aquatic wildlife, plastic bags to dolphins, and fish nets to fish. They design a poster to...
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Curated OER

Investigating the Uses of Backyard Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils discover that the answers to some of society's waste and clean-up problems may be no further than the soil beneath their feet. They perform a Gram stain on the colonies to determine some of their characteristics.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Marches On

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the development of remote sensing, various instruments used throughout time and create a time line depicting the history of remote sensing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extraterrestrial Communication: Can We Talk to Anybody Out There?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the possibilities of communication with other living organisms within our solar system through research and hands on activities, as well as observing and analyzing teacher demonstrations.
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Curated OER

Changing Landscape at the Fort Vancouver Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the international background and consequences of The Louisiana Purchase, The War of 1812, and The Monroe Doctrine. The lesson helps to improve critical thinking skills about American History.
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Curated OER

The Frontiers Decade: CyberDecade

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore robotics. They design and draw a robot that will search for deposits of underground minerals.
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Curated OER

Getting Perspective In The Renaissance

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the art of photography. They conduct research using the Internet and other resources. The students use the lesson plan to create context for using analytical language for class discussion.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Biology Chapter 15 Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this biology activity, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the theme of the activity. They also work on the skills of spelling and word recognition.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Missing

For Students 7th - 8th
In this missing worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of activities associated with terms and phrases having to do with the term missing.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Environment Vocabulary and Definitions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environment worksheet, students are given a list of vocabulary words related to the environment and their definitions. Worksheet has no associated activities.
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Curated OER

Volcanic Violence

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study volcanic activities. In this volcanic activities lesson, students read an article about violent volcanoes. Students complete discuss questions and volcano projects for the lesson. students also take...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientists and Inventors

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate scientists and inventors. In this science instructional activity, 4th graders discuss inventors and scientists. Students research their chosen inventor or scientists and write a report about that person.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: What Does It Mean to Be Human: Human Evolution Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Research continues to discover evidence left behind by prehistoric man. Discover the climate effects on human evolution and explore how the adaptable survived. The Asian and East African Research Projects in Kenya are described. You,...
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Human Evolution: History, Timeline, Future Predictions

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of human evolution is described, from the first aquatic animals that developed the ability to walk on land and the pivotal organisms from then up to the present day. The author then goes on to make interesting predictions...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The briefest overview of human evolution.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The briefest overview of human evolution.
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Human Evolution Timeline Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the evidence for human evolution in this interactive timeline - climate change, species, and milestones in becoming human. During the period of human evolution, the Earth's climate has fluctuated between warm and cold. Some of...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site, find answers to the exploration activity on human evolution. Questions discuss both physical traits of hominid as well as DNA evidence.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Human Evolution Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Review and study the main concepts of human evolution.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Mitochondrial Dna Clarifies Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Deep mitochrondrial DNA research has revealed information identifying the origin of modern humans, the founding population, a general date of humans evolving, and the migration of these humans across the planet. Read further to discover...
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Website
Other

Institute of Human Origins: Becoming Human

For Students 9th - 10th
Multimedia-rich guide for anyone making their way through a study of human origin. Find information and analysis about the fossil record, comparative anatomy, theories, and the cultural adaptations of humans and their ancestors. With an...
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Website
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Human Origin Exhibit

For Students 9th - 10th
This online exhibit from the Natural History Museum weaves together seven subtopics dealing with human origin and evolution. The topics range from Pildown man and ancient humans to modern humans and chimp research.

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